Category: Games - Published: March 16, 2008
When Toshiba officially threw in the towel in the high-definition format war, eyes turned to Microsoft to see what the software giant would do about the Xbox 360’s support of HD DVD. Some expected Microsoft to quickly change gears and back Blu-ray Disc, but no such plans are in place.
“Xbox is not currently in talks […]
Category: Storage - Published: February 15, 2008
Perhaps not wanting to be the last off a sinking ship, Toshiba could soon be abandoning the HD DVD format it helped bring to market, if the Hollywood Reporter is to be believed.
According to the report’s sources, Toshiba will be pulling the plug on its HD DVD format sometime in the coming weeks. The official […]
Category: IT - Published: November 26, 2007
With the holiday shopping season firmly upon us one of the most wanted gifts for Christmas is a HDTV set. While we have many brands and makes to choose from here in America, the only commercially available OLED television is a Japan-only item this year.
Sony first announced its XEL-1 3mm thin waif of an HDTV […]
Category: Multimedia - Published: July 12, 2007
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - HD DVD video players have outsold rival standard Blu-ray players by a three-to-one margin in Europe’s main markets so far this year, according to a lobby group.
The European HD DVD Promotional Group claimed it had 74 percent market share in Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Switzerland for stand-alone players, citing sales […]
Category: IT - Published: April 28, 2007
While we’ve been seeing methanol fuel cells pop up in all kinds of concept devices for a while now, there have been precious few actual shipping products that get their juice on with a fuel cell. That might be slowly changing, as a research team at the National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan has come […]
Category: Video - Published: April 22, 2007
Toshiba Corp. revealed that it will release an organic EL (electroluminescence) television product in 2009. Toshiba president and CEO Atsutoshi Nishida made the announcement at a management policy meeting held last week. Toshiba’s plans for the new display include the production of a 30-inch model after announcing the prototype for the 21-inch model on April […]